Gitanjali: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Gitanjali, credited to Rabindranath Tagore, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Gitanjali, by Rabindranath Tagore. Gitanjali is a collection of 103 poems in English , largely translations by the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. This volume became very famous in the West, and was widely translated into other languages. In England a slender volume was published in 1913, with an exhilarating preface by W. B. Yeats. In the same year , Rabindranath became the first non-European to win the Nobel prize. (summary by Hilara) "On many an idle day have I grieved over lost time. But it is never lost, my lord. Thou hast taken every moment of my life in thine own hands. Hidden in the heart of things thou art nourishing seeds into sprouts, buds into blossoms, and ripening flowers into fruitfulness. I was tired and sleeping on my idle bed and imagined all work had ceased. In the morning I woke up and found my garden full with wonders of flowers." 81, Gitanjali

Recording facts

• Recording title: Gitanjali
• Author credits: Rabindranath Tagore
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 11
• Listed recording duration: 1:40:33

Catalogue topics

• Poetry
• Nobel Prize
• Indian
• Bengali

Track guide

1. 01 - Introduction — 14:32
2. 02 - Verses 1 to 10 — 7:10
3. 03 - Verses 11 to 20 — 8:01
4. 04 - Verses 21 to 30 — 6:56
5. 05 - Verses 31 to 40 — 6:53
6. 06 - Verses 41 to 50 — 10:38
7. 07 - Verses 51 to 60 — 11:50
8. 08 - Verses 61 to 70 — 9:36
9. 09 - Verses 71 to 80 — 8:33
10. 10 - Verses 81 to 90 — 7:08
11. 11 - Verses 91 to 103 — 9:21

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